Nuestras políticas

I spent 16 years delivering for the federal government — at the Social Security Administration and the National Labor Relations Board — until my job was eliminated without process. I’ve seen how this government serves people, and I’ve seen how it serves itself.

Washington doesn’t have a rules problem. It has an enforcement problem. The rules against insider trading by members of Congress already exist — the penalty for breaking them starts at $200. So I’m not running on promises. I’m running on specific laws, with specific penalties, that I will introduce in my first term. Fourteen bills. Each one gets a vote, and each vote gets recorded — including mine.

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Pillar 1 — I’ll ban congressional stock trading and self-dealing

Short version:
Members of Congress shouldn’t trade stocks we regulate — or vote on tax breaks for property we own. My plan: no individual stocks for members or our families, blind trusts within 90 days, penalties of three months’ salary per violation, and automatic disqualification from any vote that benefits a member’s own real estate. No waivers. Not even for me.

Long version:

• Members, our spouses, and our dependent children may not hold or trade individual stocks, futures, or crypto — only broad-based index funds and mutual funds.

• Covered assets go into a qualified blind trust within 90 days of taking office. I’ll have mine there before I’m sworn in.

• Breaking the ban costs three months of congressional salary per violation, plus every dollar of profit comes back.

• Late financial disclosures carry a real penalty: $1,000 plus $100 a day, posted publicly on the Clerk’s website within 24 hours. Today the penalty starts at $200. You can do the math on why that hasn’t worked.

• A member may not vote on any measure that gives a specific financial benefit to property we or our families own. Divest it or sit the vote out. That rule has no waiver path — and I wrote it that way on purpose.

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Pillar 2 — I’ll close the revolving door and open the books

Short version:
Five years before a former member can become a lobbyist. Two years for senior staff. Companies lobbying on meatpacking and grain markets have to disclose how much of the market they control — so you can see when “industry input” means the four biggest packers. And campaigns have to report every donation of $50 or more within 72 hours. I’ll hold my own campaign to that standard before any law requires it.

Long version:

• Former members of Congress can’t register as lobbyists or make lobbying contacts for five years after leaving office; senior staff, two years. Violators pay back everything they earned, doubled.

• Any company lobbying on meatpacking, grain, or farm-input markets must disclose any market share above 15% in its quarterly lobbying filings. When the four biggest packers show up to testify, you’ll know exactly how much of the market walked into the room.

• Donation reporting moves from quarterly to real time: any contribution of $50 or more is filed with the FEC within 72 hours of receipt. My campaign reports at that standard starting now.

• Any group spending more than $10,000 on electioneering must disclose its donors over $5,000.

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Pillar 3 — I’ll protect the people who protect you

My own job at the SSA was eliminated without process. I know what it looks like from the inside. Here’s my plan: no president can strip civil-service protections with a memo — that takes an act of Congress. Inspectors General can’t be fired without written cause delivered to Congress. Whistleblowers get their day in court. And rural programs get FOIA answers in 20 days, with fee waivers for local governments asking about their own grants.

Long version:

• Merit-system protections for career federal positions are locked in by statute. Reclassification games like Schedule F require an Act of Congress — the position’s actual duties decide, not the memo. I watched that game from the inside; I know every move.

• An Inspector General can only be removed with written cause delivered to Congress and published within 48 hours, after 60 days’ notice. Vacancies can’t sit in “acting” status past 90 days.

• Whistleblowers who report retaliation get jury trial access, real damages, and protection for reporting directly to Congress.

• FOIA gets a working 20-business-day deadline, an automatic fee waiver for local governments and nonprofits requesting records about grants to their own communities, and an annual public report on the ten worst agency backlogs. The counties in this district wait long enough already.

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Pillar 4 — I’ll show up, in person, on the record

Four in-person town halls per district per Congress — at least one every quarter, on a published county rotation, open to the press. Every Community Project Funding request posted publicly within 48 hours of submission, before any committee acts on it. Leadership PACs can’t be slush funds. And my district office commits to a 30-day casework standard for SSA, VA, and USDA cases — or a written status update. You’ll know where your case stands, because I’ve sat on the other side of that desk.

Long version:

• At least four in-person, open-press town halls per Congress, one per calendar quarter, in counties on a published rotation. I’ll file my compliance with the Clerk and publish it — and so will every member, if this becomes law.

• Every earmark and Community Project Funding request is posted on the member’s website within 48 hours of submission — with the requesting entity, amount, and purpose — before any committee acts on it. I’ll start with mine.

• Leadership PACs may not pay personal, campaign, or travel expenses, salaries, polling, or ads naming the member. Unspent funds at retirement go to the Treasury or charity — not a campaign.

• District offices publish a 30-day service standard for casework resolution or written status updates, covering the three caseloads that matter most here: Social Security, VA, and USDA.

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Commitments box

What I’ll do on day one

• Introduce the fourteen-bill accountability package — every bill, every vote, on the record.

• Place my own assets in a blind trust within 90 days — before the rules require anyone else to.

• Publish every Community Project Funding request within 48 hours, whether or not it’s approved.

• Hold my first town hall within the first quarter, in a county on the published rotation.